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The Association of Retired Conservationists was organized by a group of retirees from the Wisconsin Conservation Department in the 1960's. By the mid-1970's, the WCD had been combined with the Department of Resource Development to form the Department of Natural Resources, and the retirees group had grown significantly, met monthly for lunch and began inviting speakers to address the group on issues of interest to the members. Today, the organization has more than two hundred members.

website contact: retiredrick@wisarc.org

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2024 Statewide Retired Wildlife
Fall Manager Meeting


Rice Lake

This photo was taken at the get-together picnic of retired DNR employees, many from wildlife, in Rice Lake during the Fall of 2024.



Going around the table clockwise starting with Bruce Moss (far left)- then Randy McDonough, Paul Kooiker, Paul Peterson, Mike Zeckmiester, Mike Johnson, Ken Jonas, Jim Riemer (USFWS), Dave Evenson, Kevin Morgan, Gary Dunsmoor, Jim Bryce.